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May 24, 2012
The Cheap Bastard at Chaucer's, the Land of Sushi, Drawbridges and Hooters Rejects
Creepy business dudes drooling on servers count: 8 Bard count: 0 Chaucer's Sushi & Grill came up several times when I internetted "cheap sushi Dallas." So I checked out their website, and let me tell you, the Chaucer's website is more amazing than any website I have ever seen or will ever see. It i ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
John Tesar is a Jedi of Self-Promotion
Allison V. SmithBack in January, chef John Tesar announced he was kind of over the whole Commissary, One Arts Plaza thing. He was pulling out and shifting his focus to a new restaurant on Westchester Drive in Preston Center. Spoon was what Tesar called the space, and bloggers got to bloggin ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Prepping For The Super Bowl: This Week In Dallas Eats
This Sunday, Americans will eat more food than on any other day, with the exception of Thanksgiving. On Super Bowl Sunday we shamefully watch others with the sports skills we wish we had, and use excessive amounts of food to comfort ourselves for our own lack of stamina and hand-eye coordination. No ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Fieri Sightings, Burgers, Puffy Tacos and New Openings: The Week in Dallas' Food Scene
Ugh, indeed. I'm definitely still the new guy. I don't know how I can be described as anything but the new guy when you take into account my antics at the Loon last night. Apparently they pour their drinks with a heavy, heavy hand, and I was the last to know. The weekend is here, though, an ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
The New Kid in Town, Squealing on Yelp and More
Sara KerensChicken, waffles and coffee at Oddfellows.This week in food blogs, the T Room sold sandwiches, users decided Yelp! is even more unreliable than they thought, and the newly opened and recently gassy Redfork is down two chefs. Most important, our new food critic started posting. Read ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Bin Laden's Death Leads to a Rush on Reservations at Dallas' Abacus and Other Restaurants
The Osama Bin Burger: coming to a restaurant near you?What do Dallas restaurant-goers do when news spreads that U.S. military forces have killed Osama bin Laden, the man behind the most heinous attack on American soil? They don't embark on drinking binges. That's too pedestrian. No, they make pla ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Bait & Switch: Have You Ever Been Conned by Good Restaurant Review?
Horne & Dekker proves it: You can't trust the media.You know the feeling you get when you read a music review, and the critic is all "You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life, I swear!" and then you go buy the CD and it sucks and you feel like a chump? I had that feeling at Horn ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Week of the Iguana -- And Other Stuff
Here are two things you haven't tried: taco-flavored chips and iguana tamales. For that, we have you covered. For all the things you might have tried (ie. Crossroads Diner, The Speedway Club, the wonder of vegan baking), Dallas blogs are happy to expand. Read on. City of Ate For Decanter in ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Is BEE A Keeper? Bloggers Share Their Thoughts
In-N-Out has poked its head out of the ground again, looking for its shadow. Besides that, muffins may be coming back in a big way. In case you missed either post or are hesitant to believe BEE's boastful name, Dallas blogs and writers are here to enlighten you. Dallas Observer Hanna Raskin fin ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
As The Green Room Revamps, We Wonder:
Can Deep Ellum Support Fine Dining?
There's no shortage of good food in Deep Ellum, but does The Green Room's extended vacation mean fine-dining restaurants can't make it there? The Green Room hasn't gone out of business yet, although circumstances surrounding its unannounced closure were sufficiently suspicious to excite the ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Smoke Gets in Blogs' Eyes, and Sister Cookies Are Doin' It for Themselves
Where's there's smoke, there's...um...more smoke.This week, Dallas food blogs are tittering about what's new and exciting. We have equal rights for cookies, a new gadget for barbecue, more angles on the possibility of food trucks and (predictably) a new list of places of restaurants willing t ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
Undaunted by the Darkness of Black Friday, Food Bloggers Keep On Blogging About the Holidays
Listen, I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. I've never get more excited than I do during the holidays. It's just that I hate Black Friday. Last year I worked two jobs. 7 a.m. found me selling candles at Yankee Candle when there was no one there to buy them. Then at noon I switched over t ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Let's Give Thanks For Thanksgiving Food Blogging
The best time of year is when the Halloween decorations come down, the pumpkins get mushy and the candy aisle goes on sale for half-price. We're inching closer to Thanksgiving and the blogosphere is buzzing and roasting and stirring. It's a food-filled, recipe rich, seasons-eatings time of year. ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Lettuce Wrap Up: Puck Wolfgang! and Frozen Ghost Vodka
The Fair's left us...As the State Fair roller coaster eases back into the station, the setting sun is casting a clichéd orange glow and Dallas bloggers are beginning to reminisce about what they wish they'd seen. Five Sixty initially wanted to see a gaggle of veterans in pressed khakis and past ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
How Do Diners Know When "Local" Means "Good?"
If you're going to brand deviled eggs, this guy should get his due.Diners who've doted on the salmon-topped deviled eggs at Neighborhood Services Bar & Grill have had no way of knowing the smoked fish came from TJ's Seafood Market -- a situation TJ's owner Jon Alexis aims to change. As Alexi ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Green House Truck Nominated
As One of America's Favorite Food Trucks
Food trucks, or their paucity, in Dallas are hot. The topic has been covered by local food media outlets, including City of Ate. One food truck has done more to highlight residents' desire for mobile food vendors. That food truck, Green House Truck, has been nominated as one of America's favorite ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Sloppy Seconds: Sweet Foods and Sour Jokes at Horne & Dekker
See the full Horne & Dekker experience in our slideshow.This week Dallas food bloggers and critics searched for exotic pizzas, beat the heat with cold beer and colder snow cones, followed the scent to taco stands and learned a lesson in German-to-English translation. Check ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
Sloppy Seconds Returns to City of Ate
City of Aters, this week we are bringing back an old feature that our former web editor-turned-staff writer, Patrick Michels, used to do every Friday afternoon. It's an end of the week wrap-up of sorts featuring restaurant reviews and City of Ate highlights. This time around we decided to include ot ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
In-N-Out With Some High-N-Tight End-of-the-Day Follow-Ups to Which We Plead Guilty
Where to begin? Let's go with Your Texas Rangers, who were back in bankruptcy court in Fort Worth for the second day of "first day" proceedings following Monday's voluntary Chapter 11 filing. Reports the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge D. Michael Lynn finally decided after a bidding war bet ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Yes, In-N-Out Is Indeed "Looking at a Few Specific Sites in the Dallas Area." Now, See You at Maple & Motor for Lunch?
Every time some local blog posts that In-N-Out's coming for sure this time swear to God not lying you'll see, the Unfair Park in-box fills up with missives from the hopeful and the haters who wonder, yet again, for reals? Pretty sure this latest go-round started with a post on The Advocate's blog ... More >>
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March 27, 2009
Chop House Owner On the Chopping Block
Robert "Bob" Sambol, 55, owner of Bob's Steak & Chop House, was indicted yesterday for theft of $200,000 by a Dallas grand jury. After former customer Lee Thompson, Jr. invested $300,000 to fund a wine/cigar lounge add-on to Bob's Lemmon Ave. restaurant, Thompson claims Sambol didn't follow thro ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Move Over, Ex-President Bush. Kent Rathbun's Moving a "Blue Plate Kitchen" Into Preston Center.
Earlier today, Unfair Park learned that chef Kent Rathbun would be opening a new restaurant in Preston Center, next door to Shannon Wynne's Flying Fish in the space formerly occupied by Carrabba's, among others. I called Rathbun's publicist Ariana Hajibashi-Martin to confirm, and she was very noncom ... More >>
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